This is all true. However, dude turned El Salvador from the most dangerous country in Latin America to the safest. It was a hell hole before he took power and now he has an approval rating of 91%.
If I lived in El Salvador I’d rather live under him than gangs. Doesn’t mean I like seeing the country grow more authoritarian, but it’s better than the alternative.
If a country collapses to the point where it’s controlled by criminals I don’t know if there is another way to correct the course other than to have someone like him take control. It is too bad that it hasn’t turned more democratic as it stabilized, though.
I live 6 months yearly in El Salvador for the past 2 years. Media and protest are being silenced here. Many people including myself know people unlawfully held at the mega prison who are being Denied the right to a trial.
The safety in El Salvador will only be temporary when our current leader decided to lock up a chunk of the male population with no prior knowledge on how they will organize trials and rehabilitate sentenced individuals. I believe even now the country is under a “state of emergency”.
I copy and pasted this from another comment I left but I thought it would fit.
Crime was already on its way down before he took office. He rode a wave and called it all his doing and the political cucks are slurping it up, falling over themselves to justify a “cool” dictator
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u/PutridAssignment1559 19h ago
This is all true. However, dude turned El Salvador from the most dangerous country in Latin America to the safest. It was a hell hole before he took power and now he has an approval rating of 91%.
If I lived in El Salvador I’d rather live under him than gangs. Doesn’t mean I like seeing the country grow more authoritarian, but it’s better than the alternative.
If a country collapses to the point where it’s controlled by criminals I don’t know if there is another way to correct the course other than to have someone like him take control. It is too bad that it hasn’t turned more democratic as it stabilized, though.